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February 26, 2015February 26, 2015February 26, 2015February 26, 2015
Church Leadership
Our ministers and lay leaders are available
to answer any questions you may have to
help you connect with the ministries of
First Baptist Church.
Church Office:
785/843.0020, ext. 201
www.firstbaptistlawrence.com
Rev. Matt Sturtevant
Senior Pastor, x.202
Rev. Cheryl Harader
Associate Pastor of Adult Spiritual
Formation, x.204
Cody Knapik
Intern for Youth Spiritual Formation,
x.205
Amelia Lawson
Intern for Children’s Spiritual Formation
x.205
Jenny Purvis
Office Manager, x.203
Jim Davidson
Chancel Choir Director
Evelyn Falen
Organist
Holly Grassy
Bookkeeper, (785) 917-9622
John Pauls
Moderator
Buddy Langford
Custodian
OttawaConcertChoiratFBC
Thursday,March5
Hear the Concert Choir from Ottawa
University in concert at First Baptist
on Thursday, March 5, 7:30 p.m. Dr.
Dong-Hyun Son, the conductor, re-
cently finished his D.M.A. at Kansas
University. His wife, a concert pianist
in her own right, is the accompanist.
The Strangest Prayer Lenten Worship Series
March 1—March 29
We pray the prayer together every Sunday.
Many of us know the words by heart. Yet, the
prayer taught to us by Christ is anything but
domesticated or tame. John Dominic Crossan
calls the Lord’s Prayer “the strangest prayer”
and names it as a revolutionary and radical set
of words, in Jesus’ context as well as ours. This Lenten season, a time set aside
for prayer and preparation for the celebration of Easter, let us re-examine these
words and discover together their radical call upon our hearts and lives:
March 1: “Our Father in heaven, hallowed be thy name...”
March 8: “Your Kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven...”
March 15: “Give us today our daily bread...”
March 22: “Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us...”
March 29: “Save us from the time of trial...”
Easter: April 5: “For yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen!”
Preparing for Worship
March 1, 2015
Worship at 8:30 & 11:00 a.m.Worship at 8:30 & 11:00 a.m.Worship at 8:30 & 11:00 a.m.Worship at 8:30 & 11:00 a.m.
The second Sunday in lent
“Our Father in Heaven,
Hallowed be Thy name”
Rev. Matthew Sturtevant
Scripture: Matthew 6.9-15
BoxofJustice
This week Justice Matters wraps up research on the specific
problems we will address at the Nehemiah Assembly on
May 7th. The housing committee will seek solutions to the
lack of affordable housing. Regarding children's concerns,
we will seek to prevent and restore the affects of childhood
trauma. We move forward as we investigate the prob-
lems related to mental health.
Blessings,
Justice Matters, http://www.justicemattersinkansas.org/
160 Years of Food, Fellowship, and Faith
To celebrate our 160th Birthday, we are
compiling an up to date church cook-
book. We want this cook book to reflect
who FBC is right now, in 2015, so we
want to include as many people as possi-
ble. People of ALL ages. The cookbook
will feature all the typical categories in a
cookbook but check out some of the new categories we will
include: art, food memories, and creative writing. **To sub-
mit your recipes just look for the forms in the back of the
sanctuary, the church office, and in the Sunday school
rooms. The deadline to submit your recipes is April 1st,
2015....no fooling!! So pull out your recipe box and find
your favorites!!
The Mission Summit is Back!
The American Baptist Churches, USA Mission Summit
(the conference formerly known as the Biennial) is re-
turning to Overland Park this summer (June 26-28).
The Mission Summit is a time of encouragement, cele-
bration, worship, and fellowship, and a wonderful oppor-
tunity to experience the diversity of the American Baptist
world beyond our own walls. We have a special oppor-
tunity here in Lawrence to experience this encounter so
close to our own community, and it is not to be missed!
Our church is an official sponsor of the Mission Summit, meaning that members of our
congregation do not need to pay the full registration price to register for the event. In
order to register, please go to www.americanbaptists2015.org. Registration as a full par-
ticipant throughout the event will cost $40.00, and will afford the opportunity to partici-
pate in all of the plenary sessions, worship events, and mission conversations. Meals
and some pre– or post-events have an additional charge. More information is available in the church office.
Again, this is a wonderful opportunity to have just outside our doorstep! Sign up today!
A Wonderful Sandpaper Moment!
As our Spiritual Formations Ministry reminded us as a part
of our “Five Points” series last year, ours is a “Church of
the Holy Sandpaper.” Like sandpaper in the hand of a
woodworker, it is only by rubbing and occasionally
scratching do we become re-created and beatified. Like-
wise, it is not by “playing nice” and avoiding hard conver-
sations that we experience God re-making us, but in the
honest, vulnerable, real dialogue of faith and life.
I thought that Dr. Molly Marshall’s sermon on Sunday was
a wonderful sandpaper moment! Her words on interfaith
conversation were striking and bold. And they merit fur-
ther conversation.
Thus, you are invited next Sunday, March 8, to a special
adult Sunday school session to share your responses, ques-
tions or thoughts. Perhaps you were “rubbed the wrong
way,” or maybe her words
“scratched an itch” that you have
had for a long time. If you would
like to further discuss, please
come to the Judson room at 9:30,
Sunday, March 8. Let’s do more
than scratch the surface together!
— Pastor Matt
Remember in Prayer
Sherry Ulasien, whose father Richard Connell passed away
this week. Services will be March 7 at Park Hill Chris-
tian Church in Kansas City, Missouri.
International Ministries Missionaries: Scott & Aphiwan
(Tan) Coats, serving in Thailand
Regional Minister: ABC of Los Angeles: Dr. Eduardo
Font, serving in Glendale, California
Local congregation: Victory Bible Church
You are invited to send prayer requests to:
(E-mail coordinator) Betty Colbert, [email protected],
(Telephone Prayer Chain) Hazel Nitcher, 843-5302, Annie
Merriam, 841-1384, or Judy Stuart, 856-1782, or
The church office: 843-0020
Address update:
Vera DeMott: Neuvant House, 1216 Biltmore Dr., Law-
rence, 66049. 856-7900
You’re Invited!
Wedding Ceremony of Meredith
Holladay & Zach Walker
Friday, March 6, 2015, 3:30
p.m. Village Presbyterian
Church, 6641 Mission Road,
Prairie Village, KS
A brief reception will be held in the Friendship Hall
immediately following.
American Baptist Youth (ABY) next gathering:
March 1
5:00 p.m. Games
5:30 p.m. Chupper
6:00 p.m. Lumos
6:25 p.m. Breakout
7:25 p.m. Benedic�on
7:30 p.m. Dismissed
See you all Sunday!!
Sanctuary of the Cinema Junior
• March 8: Horton Hears a Who, 12:15 p.m., lunch provided.
Vacation Bible School is coming!
• June 8-12, 2015. (Evening hours)
Children’s Corner
Lenten Bible Study
• Our Lenten noon-time study has begun on
Wednesdays from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. The topic
is Women of the Passion. Bring your own lunch,
and come for a time of study and discussion.
• The Wednesday night adult studies (after supper)
provide the opportunity
to experience a variety of
spiritual practices, one
(or more) of which you
might find touches your
soul for years to come.
We hope to see you!
Building Reconstruction Update:
Things are progressing—an exact date to begin floor
work should be soon!
Month of March: flooring installed in Youth room, Sunday
School and additional rooms, hallway, and probably kitch-
en (this is the most tenuous space, given the special pro-
cess for flooring.)
April 5: Celebrate Easter in our current sanctuary.
April 6 through Memorial Day: renovation in sanctuary area,
including narthex and Judson room. (Temporary sanctu-
ary will be set-up in Roger Williams Room. Congrega-
tional and community activities will continue to take
place, but with a more limited space.)
By Vacation Bible School (June 8), we will be ready to wor-
ship in our “new” space!
June 14: celebration of completion of the construction,
and celebration of 160 years of ministry and worship of
the First Baptist Church of Lawrence!
First Baptist Church
1330 Kasold Drive
Lawrence, Kansas 66049
785/843-0020
785/843-0021 (fax)
www.firstbaptistlawrence.com
Sunday Morning Volunteers
March 1
Nursery 9:30 a.m.—Amy Munsterman
11:00 a.m.—Amy Munsterman
Extended Care 11:00 a.m.-
Wed. dinner
March 4
6:00 p.m.
Life of the Church
Sunday, Mar. 1
8:30 a.m.—Worship Service
9:30 a.m.—Sunday School
11:00 a.m.—Worship Service
5:00 p.m.—ABY/Chupper
Tuesday, Mar. 3
All day—Primary Elections, RWR
Wednesday, Mar. 4
11:30 a.m.—Lenten Bible Study
6:00 p.m.—Wednesday Meal
6:30 p.m.—Sacred Music Academy
6:30 p.m.—Evening Lenten Study
Thursday, Mar. 5
7:30 p.m.—Ottawa Concert Choir, Sanct.
Friday, Mar. 6
12:00—church office closed in afternoon
Looking Ahead:
March 8—Sanctuary of the Cinema, Jr.
By the Numbers...as of Feb. 22, 2015
GENERAL OPERATING
Weekly Receipts: $6,884.45
YTD Receipts: $44,041.96
CAPITAL CAMPAIGN
Weekly Receipts: $6,938.00
Cumulative Giving: $373,431.50
If you would like more detailed financial information, please
contact our bookkeeper at [email protected], 917-9622.
Thank you for your generous giving. Your generosity helps to
make our many ministries possible.
Membership Ministry announces:
Pictorial Directory Distribution Day!
Sunday, March 22
8:00—10:15 a.m.
In conjunction with the next Youth
fundraising event, ‘Biscuits & Gravy
Sunday’, you are invited to stop by the
Roger Williams Room to pick up your
pictorial directory anytime between 8-
10:15 a.m. After that, directories will be available for
pickup in the church office.
FBC Book Club
Our March selection is Redeemer by
Randall Balmer. This book is a biog-
raphy of Jimmy Carter, 39th President of
the United States. A copy is available at
the Lawrence Public Library. The meet-
ing will be on Tuesday March. 17 at 7:00
pm at Bob and Sandy Heacock’s home , 3007 Trail Road.
The First Baptist Book club reads a wide variety of works including
fiction, non-fiction, biographies, memoirs, and poetry. Members
suggest the books to be read. If you love books, please join us!
Attention Soon-to-Be Graduates!
For those FBC members who plan to further
their education, you may wish to apply for the Raber
P. & Ruth B. Stringham Scholarship. Contact Jenny
in the church office for more information.
~Deadline to turn in application is June 1.
